Re: kernel (64bit) 4GB memory support

[Terry Vernon <tvernon24@comcast.net>]

"I do see the full 4G. With Fedora Core 2 32bit, I can use all

4G as well. All my problems started when I "upgraded" to x86_64 ..."

Are you using an old 32bit processor or a new 64bit processor? That would make a difference




Rudolf Usselmann wrote:

>On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 16:07 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
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>>On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:56:25PM +0700, Rudolf Usselmann wrote:
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>>>Just curious, did anybody ever look in to this at all ? I keep
>>>on downloading new kernels and trying 4GB of memory - still no
>>>luck.
>>>
>>>I did file a bug report but didn't get any notifications at all.
>>>I don't subscribe to the linux-kernel list so not sure if anything
>>>ever came up or not.
>>>
>>>Is there a way to get this fixed ?
>>>      
>>>
>>How much ram do you see with 4GB installed running a 64bit kernel?
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>>What does /proc/meminfo show?
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>>How about the memory map dmesg shows at the start of boot?
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>>Len Sorensen
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>I do see the full 4G. With Fedora Core 2 32bit, I can use all
>4G as well. All my problems started when I "upgraded" to x86_64 ...
>
>Best Regards,
>rudi
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